Managing Datastores

Managing
Datastores

Datastores are
logical containers used by the HX Data Platform plug-in to manage your storage
use and storage resources. Datastores are where the host places virtual disk
files and other VM files. Datastores hide the specifics of physical storage
devices and provide a uniform model for storing VM files.

You can add, refresh
the list, edit name and size, delete, mount, and unmount datastores from the
Manage > Datastores.

Procedure

Click the
appropriate icon to manage datastores. Alternatively, you can select a
datastore then select an action from the Actions drop-down list. Choices are:

Create a new datastore

Refresh the datastore list

Edit the datastore name and
size

Delete the datastore

Mount the datastore on the
host

Unmount the datastore from
the host

Adding Datastores

Datastores are logical containers, similar to file systems, that hide specifics of physical storage and provide a uniform
model for storing VM files. You can also use datastores to store ISO images and VM templates.

Enter a name for the datastore. vSphere Web Client enforces a 42 character limit for the datastore name. Assign each datastore
a unique name.

Step 4

Specify the datastore size. Choose GB or TB from the drop-down list.

Step 5

Click OK to accept your changes or Cancel to cancel all changes.

Step 6

Click the Refresh button to display your new datastore. Click the Manage > Datastores > Hosts tab to see the mount status of the new datastore.

Note

If you check the datastore through the vSphere Client application, host > Configuration> Datastores, the Drive Type is listed as Unknown. This is expected vSphere behavior, to list NFS datastores as Unknown.

Editing
Datastores

A HX Data Platform
plug-in datastore can be renamed and the storage allocation can be modified
using the edit (pencil) option.